Smelted Poems

Behind the Sun

...The faces of the tom-toms were sallow,
So was the face of the sun, dark-visaged,
Red, and starved through a pogrom
That assaulted the peace of the beasts.

Darkness spelt the names of diseases,
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Categories: smelted, death, grief, memory,
Form: Free verse

Cornerstone In The Building

...The cornerstone turned the corner
reading a map without
ever looking back
A nomad with knapsack in tow
sowed seeds without 
worrying if they'd
ever grow
For them it's just a show but
for me t...
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Categories: smelted, introspection, perspective, philosophy, spiritual,
Form: Free verse


The Lyre and The Flute

...Epirus saw the needs of it's people
through the eyes of there need.
While on Mimaki the mounds of architecture
were unveiled to a world wishing for
 modern sification .
Turisotto meddled enough ...
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Categories: smelted, analogy, conflict, extended metaphor,
Form: Ballad

Premium MemberChihuli

...Any Subject - Octtava Rima - Dedicated to the artistry of glass artist, Dale Chihuli
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Chihuli

Spells of flames, winter moons, blue su...
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Categories: smelted, art, beauty, fire, light,
Form: Ottava rima

An ode to life and living

...Victory to the champ, who perseveres through it all
One smelted and refined through life's red-hot furnace 
Who was all beaten down and yet clawed his way back each and every time. 
Cheers to our ...
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Categories: smelted, celebration, courage, endurance, life,
Form: Free verse


The Honorific

..."The Honorific Bridge"
             :  by Suzanne Alexander 
 [neé  C]  Nicknamed missilverwood 
 
                           In worth unmeasured 
                       free wealth pursue,a sak...
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Categories: smelted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

The Honorific

..."The Honorific Bridge"
                  :  by Suzanne Alexander 
      [neé  C]  Nicknamed missilverwood 
 
                           In worth unmeasured 
                       free wealth pu...
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Categories: smelted, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative

Mining for understanding

...*_Mining for understanding*_ 

There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

But where can wisdom be found? Where...
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Categories: smelted, beautiful, life,
Form: Free verse

FICTIONAL BIO:

...FICTIONAL BIO:

The missus asked me
(hitherto known as her bozo)
just mere moments ago
to craft humorous poem to glow
nsync with the shiny nose of Rudolph
keeping syncopated metrical flow
thu...
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Categories: smelted, adventure, allegory, courage, cute,
Form: Rhyme

The Bronzed coin Golden Championship Belt

...Tjhe Cretans have centered there
intentions
made foly of the traditions
stood in the Pool of Rightousness
to drink the wines of endearment and affection
callously they decieve
for those who bel...
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Categories: smelted, character, jealousy, language, mentor,
Form: Ballade

Premium MemberThe Mine of Wisdom

...“There is a mine for silver    
and a place where gold is refined.
                               Iron is taken from the earth,    
and copper is smelted from ore.
                              M...
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Categories: smelted, age, beauty, bible, birth,
Form: Pastoral

Premium MemberA Lonely Traveler

...As the last man on the planet Earth,
Time has become my mortal enemy.
A whole world to walk silently alone,
In fruitless reflection of what was.

The streets are fully empty now,
But I can stil...
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Categories: smelted, america, anti bullying, death,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberHow Cavemen Survived Bat Virus

....
  They lived in caves
  As hunter gatherers
           Nomads
         Even worse
     Primitive Primate
 Under evolved humans 
As per modern historians
Stone Age Cave Dwellers
  Barely ab...
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Categories: smelted, art, history,
Form: Concrete

Masculine Toxcicity

...(Shakespearean sonnet form: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)

If there exists in your vicinity,
Presence of Toxic Masculinity
Give many thanks to your divinity
For this male fortunate proximity.

T’was men ...
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Categories: smelted, humorous, poetry, truth,
Form: Sonnet

Burning Thought

...In a place, the eyes could barely lead,
For the pair were no more of any use.
Clouded by past memoirs, some glow and some so blue.
Lost thereof, for nothing else made any sense. 

Behind shut li...
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Categories: smelted, i am,
Form: Free verse

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